1980 f250 6.9 idi diesel restoration updates after a year !

[wellz]

howdy yall. and those who previously seen photos of my projects beginnings there was a year long inerval on progress on the truck as we had a move around the truck sat out back for the winter. finally this evening ive restarted my work on the truck ive got a new cab the *old new cab* was junk im going to be stripping the frame with the sandblaster i obtained for this project tommorow.

 as for the road this truck is now going has changed a small bit its going to become a semi resto mod as ive taken the suspenion from a 2005 king ranch f350 for it i have harvested the hubs from the same truck which will bolt onto the dana axles under my truck for a 4 wheel disk break conversion.

 the 6.9 idi will receive a turbo and stage one injection pump paired to a zf 6 manual transmission plus the additon of 3:54 gear ratio in the rear. unfortunately i must chop the frame off behind the rear axle and replace it as the rust wont pass inspection due to the deep pitting but that is not much of a big deal or anything.     ive spent the year collecting peices and bits for this truck and formulating my plan which i can finally act upon

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https://forum.garysgaragemahal.com/1981-f250-4x4-single-cab-lariet-diesel-restoration-tp105638.html

[Gary Lewis]

Cool!  I'm happy to go along for the ride, and am happy "we" are now started on that road trip.  

[midnight_f150]

I'm curious to hear how hard the ZF6 swap was to do?